Can another creature—any at all—pay this debt [to God] for us?
Heidelberg Catechism
Can another creature—any at all—pay this debt [to God] for us?
Deliverance
Question 14
Heidelberg Catechism
Can another creature—any at all—pay this debt [to God] for us?
Deliverance
Question 14
Question
Can another creature—any at all—pay this debt [to God] for us?
Answer
No. To begin with, God will not punish any other creature for what a human is guilty of.1 Furthermore, no mere creature can bear the weight of God's eternal wrath against sin and deliver others from it.2